The Raritan Valley Line has been operating on a modified schedule since the storm, due to continued infrastructure-related repairs and restorations. With NJ Transit already operating more than 99 percent of its pre-Sandy rail service into New York Penn Station, the full service restoration of the RVL will bring rail service back to 90 percent of its pre-Sandy schedule.

Although the transit system has returned to near normal for more than 95 percent of its daily customers, repairs will go on for a number of months. For example, two of the electrical substations that were submerged and destroyed by Sandy's flood waters will take months to replace, as new substations have to be designed and built from scratch, a process that will take six to nine months.